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2 Parameters  





3 Examples  





4 Sources  





5 Note on styling  





6 Template data  





7 See also  














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Find biographical sources: Britannica · British Library · EoWB · books · Guardian · Infoplease · JSTOR · Library of Congress · MUSE · NYT · TWL

  • {{Find biog}}
  • This template produces a series of links to various reliable sources and biographical topic search engines to help find additional reference material for articles. It is designed for talk pages and should not be used in articles themselves.

    Usage[edit]

    Parameters[edit]

    The template takes one optional positional parameter:

    |1= search keywords for the query. default: the article page name.

    Examples[edit]

    {{find biographical sources}} (default search) ⟶

    Find biographical sources: Britannica · British Library · EoWB · books · Guardian · Infoplease · JSTOR · Library of Congress · MUSE · NYT · TWL

    {{find biog sources|william gladstone}} (example with param 1 set) ⟶

    Find biographical sources: Britannica · British Library · EoWB · books · Guardian · Infoplease · JSTOR · Library of Congress · MUSE · NYT · TWL

    {{find biog|Jean-Michel Basquiat}}

    Find biographical sources: Britannica · British Library · EoWB · books · Guardian · Infoplease · JSTOR · Library of Congress · MUSE · NYT · TWL

    Sources[edit]

    The template includes links to the following searchable online sources and search engines:

    Note on styling[edit]

    This template generates output in Html inline-level element context, and so may be used with all the normal in-line wiki markup to alter the font style. For example:

    ''<small>{{find biographical sources|laurent clerc}}</small>''

    Find biographical sources: Britannica · British Library · EoWB · books · Guardian · Infoplease · JSTOR · Library of Congress · MUSE · NYT · TWL

    Template data[edit]

    This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Find biographical sources in articles based on its TemplateData.

    TemplateData for Find biographical sources

    This template displays a list of links to various sources and biographical databases queried on a given topic .

    Template parameters[Edit template data]

    This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

    ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
    Subject1

    The first unnamed parameter contains the name of the person or subject to be searched.

    Example
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Lineoptional

    See also[edit]


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Find_biographical_sources&oldid=1060724238"

    Categories: 
    Source-finding templates
    Citation and verifiability maintenance templates
    Hidden category: 
    Templates using TemplateData
     



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